Table of Contents

Background The Events:A Chronological Account The Significance of the Movement: Features of the Mass Movement Sources of Discontent: Background of the Mass Movement The Movement The Triggering Events and Initiation of the Movement Stunning Success and Total Mobilization Party Reactions Martial Law, Confrontations, and the Stalemate The Resolution Anatomy of a Movement Diversity of Participants and Motivations Flow of Information Who, What, and Why? Analysis of "Puzzles" Conceptual Analysis of the Mass Movement Organizations, Names and Abbreviations Bibliography Index

Promotional Information

Examines the events and environment surrounding the 1989 Tianamen Square mass movement.

About the Author

NAN LIN is a Professor and Director of the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University and his publications include Life Stress and Well-being (forthcoming), Social Support, Life Events, and Depression, Social Structure and Network Analysis, Foundation of Social Research, and The Study of Human Communication.

Reviews

?Her research and sourcing are excellent.?-Choice

?Numerous works on the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre have been published, but sociologist Lin analyses the democracy movement from a different perspective. Contextualizing the event, he concentrates upon the "external environment" that turned the initial student protest into a mass movement. In this slim book, the author provides a clear and concise analysis of the reforms launched by Deng Xiaoping since 1980 and traces the economic, social, and political consequences that resulted in discontent among the Chinese people. The massacre at Tiananmen is seen as a social movement involving multiple parties and various interest groups interacting dynamically with one another. Each chapter is succinctly and smoothly delivered, but as a whole, the book lacks focus because the author aims to please a wide spectrum of readers. Recommended for academic libraries.?-Library Journal

?Her research and sourcing are excellent.??Choice

"Her research and sourcing are excellent."-Choice

"Numerous works on the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre have been published, but sociologist Lin analyses the democracy movement from a different perspective. Contextualizing the event, he concentrates upon the "external environment" that turned the initial student protest into a mass movement. In this slim book, the author provides a clear and concise analysis of the reforms launched by Deng Xiaoping since 1980 and traces the economic, social, and political consequences that resulted in discontent among the Chinese people. The massacre at Tiananmen is seen as a social movement involving multiple parties and various interest groups interacting dynamically with one another. Each chapter is succinctly and smoothly delivered, but as a whole, the book lacks focus because the author aims to please a wide spectrum of readers. Recommended for academic libraries."-Library Journal